Islamabad: Twitter Inc. has restored access inside Pakistan to dozens of tweets and accounts, after blocking them last month following official complaints about “blasphemous” content, in a move hailed by free speech activists. The micro-blogging site said it had changed its 18 May decision, to restrict access to the material from within Pakistan in order . . . → Read More: Twitter restores access to blocked blasphemous content in Pakistan

“A tech giant rises – another falls,” said the front-page headline on the Financial Times. It juxtaposed Twitter’s initial public offering (IPO), which is set to raise more from the market than Google did in 2004, with the chaotic events at BlackBerry, which dropped a plan to sell itself for $4.7bn, jettisoned its chief executive . . . → Read More: Why BlackBerry is history

The mobile and tablet revolution is upon us, faster than we in the media industry can respond. News is becoming more social and more real-time. The future of news is conclusively digital and multiplatform. These are just a few of the key findings of the newly released Digital NewsReport 2013 by Reuters Institute.

After a member of the National Assembly claimed a Pakistan People’s Party leader wore a ‘million dollar watch’, Twitter reports have claimed that the leader was none other than Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

The watch in question is the Louis Moinet ‘Meteoris’, which has been estimated to be worth a whopping $4.6 million.

Our generation, in a matter of two to three decades has witnessed the impossible and astounding. From hand written letters, to phone calls, emails, cell phones and social networks, modes of communication have diversified, expanded and created based on our constant desire to attain more in less time. Today, the world news . . . → Read More: 21st Century Revolutions 101

The advent of social websites such as Facebook and Twitter has forever changed the way we interact with each other. Just about a decade ago, you would not have imagined that you would be able to keep in touch with all your friends from kindergarten through to graduation, your family and your . . . → Read More: ‘Liking’ a Cause makes no difference